Comments on: How One Hour of Action Can Give You 150 Hours of Satisfaction https://thomaslarock.com/2012/06/how-one-hour-of-action-can-give-you-150-hours-of-satisfaction/ Thomas LaRock is an author, speaker, data expert, and SQLRockstar. He helps people connect, learn, and share. Along the way he solves data problems, too. Wed, 24 Jun 2015 14:59:13 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.1 By: 101 Things I Wish You Knew About SQL Server - Thomas LaRock https://thomaslarock.com/2012/06/how-one-hour-of-action-can-give-you-150-hours-of-satisfaction/#comment-12885 Wed, 24 Jun 2015 14:59:13 +0000 http://thomaslarock.com/?p=8765#comment-12885 […] Junior DBAs know how to react. Senior DBAs know how to be proactive. […]

]]> By: Performance Metrics for SQL Server 2014 - SQL Server - SQL Server - Toad World https://thomaslarock.com/2012/06/how-one-hour-of-action-can-give-you-150-hours-of-satisfaction/#comment-10990 Thu, 05 Jun 2014 20:16:51 +0000 http://thomaslarock.com/?p=8765#comment-10990 […] I’ve written before about how spending an hour of your time being proactive can save you 150 hours of reactive time. You simply can’t be proactive without some type of baselining and trend […]

]]> By: Performance Metrics for SQL Server 2014 - SQLRockstar - Thomas LaRock https://thomaslarock.com/2012/06/how-one-hour-of-action-can-give-you-150-hours-of-satisfaction/#comment-10988 Thu, 05 Jun 2014 20:03:43 +0000 http://thomaslarock.com/?p=8765#comment-10988 […] I’ve written before about how spending an hour of your time being proactive can save you 150 hours of reactive time. You simply can’t be proactive without some type of baselining and trend […]

]]> By: Doing It Right: Performance Monitoring and Troubleshooting - SQL Server - SQL Server - Toad World https://thomaslarock.com/2012/06/how-one-hour-of-action-can-give-you-150-hours-of-satisfaction/#comment-10170 Wed, 04 Dec 2013 19:15:55 +0000 http://thomaslarock.com/?p=8765#comment-10170 […] can all be avoided with a little bit of proactive monitoring. I often tell people that one hour of proactive actions can save you up to 150 hours of being reactive. I also point out how a junior administrator knows how to be reactive, but a senior administrator […]

]]> By: Something for the Weekend - SQL Server Links 08/06/12 • John Sansom https://thomaslarock.com/2012/06/how-one-hour-of-action-can-give-you-150-hours-of-satisfaction/#comment-8542 Fri, 17 May 2013 10:03:17 +0000 http://thomaslarock.com/?p=8765#comment-8542 […] How One Hour Of Action Can Give You 150 Hours Of Satisfaction – Paying down your technical debt is the difference between between Junior and Senior DBAs. Thomas Larock (Blog|Twitter) explains how you can take back control of your time. […]

]]> By: jonathanjaeger https://thomaslarock.com/2012/06/how-one-hour-of-action-can-give-you-150-hours-of-satisfaction/#comment-7072 Mon, 02 Jul 2012 19:16:00 +0000 http://thomaslarock.com/?p=8765#comment-7072 In reply to ThomasLaRock.

I meant it rhetorically, but sure!

]]> By: ThomasLaRock https://thomaslarock.com/2012/06/how-one-hour-of-action-can-give-you-150-hours-of-satisfaction/#comment-7015 Thu, 07 Jun 2012 14:24:00 +0000 http://thomaslarock.com/?p=8765#comment-7015 In reply to Chris Bell.

Chris,

Exactly, and it is something I wish others could understand. But often they feel buried under reactive tasks. I try to tell them how much better life could be if they would spend just a little bit of time in a proactive manner.

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